Category Archives: boot maker

This was the first pair of cowboy boots I ever had, made by my old mentor Jay Griffith. I inlaid and stitched the boot tops. I redid the design for Rebecca’s boots because I wanted it to be her first … Continue reading →

My student this week is Rebecca. She’s training to be a shoemaker in Germany and is here for an inlay/overlay class. Since she’s already a shoemaker her project is a set of boot tops which she’ll be able to take … Continue reading →

My current student Rebecca is holding up the forest green alligator skin I got in the mail today. This alligator was huge–I sure wouldn’t have wanted to swim where ever he was!

This is a pillow I made of leather. The fringe is hand-cut, the leather is all kangaroo, and it depicts the scene from my window on my recent trip to Montana.

I finished my Montana pillow and now I have to send it away to the new owners. Watch my Monday YouTube video next week to see the completed pillow.

This is the center piece for a leather pillow I’m making. It’s the view I could see from my window on my recent trip to Montana. The scene is created entirely with leather and I’ve hand-cut fringe to go around … Continue reading →